| 单词 | military chest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilitary chest military chest n. an army's treasury; the funds for a military campaign. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > War Office > department, board, etc. ordnance1485 military chest1745 War Cabinet1916 W.O.S.B.1945 War Ag1949 1745 B. Ward Let. 27 Sept. in J. Stevenson Two Cent. Life in Down (1920) xi. 330 The small remainder of our Army fled to Berwick 54 Officers prisoners, 150 Carts of Baggage,—Cannon 2 Mortars & the military Chest of £2000. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. xi. 66 The military chest..fell also into the hands of the Abdollees. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 63 The Universities were preparing to coin their plate for the purpose of supplying the military chest of his enemies. 1869 J. E. T. Rogers in A. Smith Inq. Wealth Nations (new ed.) I. Pref. 40 The military chests of Napoleon were supplied by..British bullion dealers. 1979 Mil. Affairs 43 64 Funds for the secret police and the makeshift mounted police were provided from the military chest. < as lemmas |
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